Arcane Lord

As soon as Xia Duo joined the team, he heard an order, "Everyone changes formation, Xia Duo, pay attention to the person in front of you, keep two steps away from him, and move!"

Xia Duo, who had military training experience before traveling through time, easily adapted to this formation. After that, whether it was moving forward, retreating, accelerating, or changing formations, Xia Duo quickly accepted this set of training.

This is of course not how powerful Xia Duo is, but the training itself is very simple. It is impossible for the mage apprentices to get it to fight the orcs. All the apprentices have to do is to add spells to other members of the team in a timely manner, and the most important thing is not to Fall behind.

After an afternoon of training, Xia Duo felt that his limbs were numb, and the others were not much better. He had no choice but to practice hard if he didn't want to die, but the training instructor actually said that today's training was just an appetizer.

Xia Duo found that skills and knowledge could be trained quickly, but how could physical fitness be suddenly enhanced in less than half a month?

Normally I don’t have time to exercise at all, but it’s really confusing to use it at critical moments!

"It seems that physical training must be added to the daily routine in the future!"

While Xia Duo rubbed his thighs and arms vigorously, he silently made arrangements. During the apprenticeship stage, he had to learn everything, so as not to have his weaknesses become too obvious and die early.

…

In the evening, Sami and Devine arrived as scheduled, dragging their tired bodies. When the three of them met, they all showed an expression of "you are so weak too", which was a bit funny.

"Sammy, Devine, I have exchanged the learning scroll for [Messaging Technique]. Are your things ready?"

Sami directly placed three piles of gold coins on Shado's desk, a total of 15 gold coins, while Devine reluctantly took out two pieces of parchment from the inner pocket of his robe and handed them to Shado.

"The notes of [Vertigo Technique] are given to you."

Regardless of whether he felt distressed or not, Xia Duoke grabbed it and looked at it. He didn't use secret writing to record it. He could roughly distinguish the content on it. It should be an unfamiliar spell, so he put it away.

"Okay, it's my turn!"

Xia Duo took out the [Communication Technique] learning scroll, entered a state of concentration, and slowly unfolded it. Once again, he saw that the strands connected to the magic network on the scroll gradually spread, and the structure of the magic network above the scroll changed.

The learning scroll had a limited time to use, and Xia Duo was not willing to delay at all, so he immediately took out his magic notes and started recording.

Sami and Devine were not stunned either. Although this was their first time seeing the learning scroll used, they soon knew how to do it and took out their notes and entered a state of concentration to start recording.

Compared with learning scrolls that can show all the details of a spell, any dictation or ordinary notes cannot do this, and the awareness of learning efficiency comes from this.

Time passed little by little, and soon Xia Duo's dormitory fell into darkness. In a focused state, the three of them could still "see" the entangled, joined, and curved magic network structure above the scroll, but——

The three people without dark vision cannot record!

Sammy subconsciously took out a match and pulled it. Devine had already lit a match before him, and Shado took a half-burned candle from the desk and took over the fire.

But he didn't want to continue recording. "We have been training for a long time in the afternoon. Everyone is very tired. I will take the learning scroll to the Arcane Garden tomorrow morning. We will record together then. What do you think?"

Sami and the two were determined to continue, but they were really tired, and since it was Xia Duo who suggested it, they agreed and made an appointment to record it when they went to work in the Arcane Garden the next morning.

After seeing off Sami and Dwayne, Shadu read "The Biography of Archmage Darthriel" for a while and then took a rest.

…

The next day, the news that the orcs would attack at the end of the month had completely spread, and the blockade of the Mage Tower also made all the apprentices very worried about the safety of their families. However, due to the majesty of the Mage Tower, they did not dare to ask above.

But the atmosphere inevitably dropped.

In the morning, Sha Duo, Sami, and Devine finished recording the [Messaging Technique] and then studied it separately.

During lunch, a foreign mage from the Mage Tower brought the voice of the lord. The lord promised in the name of the ancestors of the great arcanists that he would do his best to protect everyone in the territory and live up to the name of the lord.

This news made the apprentices feel much calmer, but as long as the orcs did not retreat, their worries could not be eliminated.

In the afternoon, Xia Duo went to the same magic laboratory as yesterday. He was still the same tall and burly instructor. Today's training was no longer a rigid formation. The instructor brought a group of soldiers, and the apprentices would train with them.

"According to yesterday's formation, the apprentice is in the mage's position. Which one comes first?"

The instructor shouted, but no one made a sound. The instructor looked around and saw Xia Duo. He remembered that this was the only apprentice who was not shirtless yesterday, so he ordered Xia Duo, "You, come out."

Xia Duo was shot while lying down, but he was not afraid. The training itself was to find and eliminate problems. The first one might get more guidance.

Standing at the mage's position at the back of the team, with two crossbowmen wearing leather armor standing next to him, Xia Duo felt quite at ease. In front of him, standing in an arc, were five soldiers holding spears. The platoon consists of three soldiers carrying large shields.

This formation was practiced many times yesterday, and every position was trained.

"Listen to my instructions and move forward!" the instructor gave the first order.

The 11-person team, including Xia Duo, quickly moved forward. While maintaining the basic formation, they began to move forward. The space in the magic laboratory was limited, and they reached the end of the room in a dozen or twenty steps.

"Change formation, retreat!"

The 11-man team reacted immediately. Xia Duo turned around and ran away, while the team leader moved from the head of the original team to the tail, running in front of Xia Duo, followed by crossbowmen, spearmen, and two shield resisters. Go last.

Soon, at the other end of the spell laboratory, the instructor gave the order again, "The flying stone hit the crossbowman and he died in battle."

As soon as he finished speaking, the crossbowman on Xia Duo's left dropped his crossbow and lay down on the ground.

But the order would not stop, "The enemy is approaching from the rear!"

The team leader who had previously run to the rear of the team carried his shield and returned to the front. At this time, the front was where the instructor ordered the rear, and the enemy came there, or to be more precise - the orcs came.

Xia Duo knew that he was now the one blessing the team with spells, but the problem was that the only spells he could cast now were [Acid Splash] and [Light Spell], and scrolls would be issued from them during actual battles.

Otherwise, even if the apprentice can cast spells, he will not be able to keep up with the consumption of battle.

"What are you afraid of? The enemy is approaching soon, and they haven't cast spells yet!" the "surviving" crossbowman beside Sha Duo reminded in a low voice.

"I haven't learned anything."

The crossbowman reminded again, "Come on anything, it's training now, training you know?"

Xia Duo didn't want to look at the instructor's expression at this time, so he immediately entered a state of concentration and cast a [Light Technique] to bless the one-handed sword around the crossbowman's waist, and then blessed the spearmen and shield soldiers in front of him in turn.

But after only blessing the spearman, he can no longer enter the concentration state. In other words, Sha Duo can only release 0-level spells 6 times at a time. If he wants more, he can only get enough rest.

Xia Duo just stopped next to the captain of the anti-shield team, stretching out his hand as if he was about to cast a spell, but no spell appeared, making the scene a bit embarrassing.